7/25/07 Brewers (Suppan) @ Reds (Lohse) 6:05 p.m. CT

[JumpinMacFlash]

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[pitchleague]

NICE final graphic! Almost woke my wife up laughing at it!

[Lil Dummy]

Lohse has been pretty good at home this year. Of course, all good things must come to an end. Ergo, let's pile on the runs and let Soup pitch with a lead tonight.

 

Welcome back Billy Hall, btw.

[hawing]

Wow, that Mr. Red was smiling all the way to being crushed by that giant rock. Nice touch.

[sgtcluels]

Dear Mr. Suppan,

 

Please go very deep into the game, to give our bullpen a much needed rest. Now would be a perfect time for a CG.

 

Love,

Clue

 

TGraf and Mench have pretty good splits against Lohse. Another Graffy in left day? And here's my obligatory you suck Mench.. boooo to fuel his hate and make me look like an idiot.

[CportBadger]

If Hall is in the lineup tonight, I hope we have seen the last of Graffy in left. He is playing pretty well, but with Hart resting yesterday, I see no reason for the OF to be anything other than Hall, Hart, and Jenkins.

[thablingster]

That final graphic is awesome. I almost forgot about Mr. Red, considering we haven't invited him in the booth this year since Daron is no longer here hahaha.

[BrewCrewForever]

Welcome back Mr. Bill Hall!

 

Edit: Is it weird that they have not yet made the roster move to activate Hall from the DL? I thought that would have been done last night?

[stoops17]

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Welcome back Mr. Bill Hall!

Edit: Is it weird that they have not yet made the roster move to activate Hall from the DL? I thought that would have been done last night?

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I was just wondering myself who might be going down? Does gwynn go down or do we send a bullpen guy down and weaken it more right before a double header?

 

very nice mr. red graphic

[phatmatt1215]

Send down Balseventysix immediately. No matter what.

[sgtcluels]

You cant' send Balfour down you have to Waive him. That's the issue, obviously he'd be the first choice, but hes out of options. So basically we'd lose him forever. And for all those Capellan fans, he was sent to the Minors by the Tigers. Whoops.

 

I think it's TGJ or a trade that they are trying to make, hence the no-move yet. According to Rotoworld Hall is supposed to start tonight.

[MadisonBrewerBlue]

losing balfour forever ? and thats a bad thing ? we should be 9-3 since the AS break but thanks in part to him we are 7-5. lets waive away.

[sgtcluels]

He has been awful, but we did see in the minors that he's got an arm. I don't know if he has a future with the club, but he's worth something instead of nothing if we waive him.

[patrickgpe]

he still might clear waivers and accept his minor league assignment. We are in a pennant race and can't make moves on the basis that he might get his act together and help up down the line. We need to have the best possible 12 or 13 pitchers and that does not include balfour. I am sure it wasn't in Doug's plan but I rather have Spurling or Dessens pitch instead of him anytime.

[sheethead]

but he's worth something instead of nothing if we waive him.

 

That's very debatable. Ballfour cannot remain on this roster for much longer.

[JumpinMacFlash]

Ballfour cannot remain on this roster for much longer.

 

Agreed. Sure, he has a nice arm, but like others have said, the Brewers are passing the development stage. I'd option TGJ to AAA, activate Hall, DFA Balfour and give Thatcher a chance to take his place. I don't want to see Elmer Dessens ever again

[phatmatt1215]

Send him down, and IF he gets claimed, big ***** deal... Let him suck for another organization. I don't think he is going to get any better in the minors

[Brian the Automator]

[ big ***** deal ]

 

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[BrewCrewForever]

Im still surpirsed here we are 2:30pm and we still have no roster move announced.

[Brian the Automator]

Was Billy slated to play again in the AZL today and then catch a flight out after the game to Cinci?

[phatmatt1215]

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Thanks for the warning. Won't do again.

[brewcrew00]

They said on the broadcast last night that he was already enroute to Cincy. I wonder if Melvin is trying to pull off a trade to pass Balfour for other releif help?

[Brian the Automator]

[ They said on the broadcast last night that he was already enroute to Cincy. I wonder if Melvin is trying to pull off a trade to pass Balfour for other releif help? ]

 

They often wait until the last possible second... in case Billy ended up having something bad for lunch or something.

[patrickgpe]

that would be my guess it seems awfully late to not yet make a move for a 6 pm game.

[brewcrew00]

Corey Hart just said in a Sportsradio 1250 interview that Bill Hall IS in the lineup tonight. Still though, no corresponding roster move annouced yet. My bet is TGJ however.